This photoseries series examines stereotypes surrounding women—their appearance, expression, and character—while reflecting on the male gaze and everyday patriarchal norms. I embody the “wild” woman acting outside societal expectations, a figure situated in the realm of abjection: excessive, unsettling, and resistant to categorization. As a subject that disturbs order and transgresses boundaries, she becomes a symbol of women pushed into imposed roles. This conscious crossing of boundaries, bordering on madness, opens a space for authenticity, where what is rejected, repressed, or deemed improper can re-emerge as a site of power.
Tereza Jobová (*1997) is a Czech photographer working primarily with staged photography, she also devotes herself to painting, collage, and poetry. She earned her master’s degree in Photography at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, where she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Visual Communication. Her research focuses on contemporary spiritual art as a response to the global crisis. She is a member of the women’s photography collective Sisters in Photography. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad, including at the Yeast Photo Festival in Italy (2023), Gallery X in Ireland (2025), and the Bastille Design Center in Paris (2025). In her work, she draws on surrealism and horror and focuses on the unconscious, spirituality, and decadence.
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